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Prince Albert tap water: Grade B, hardness 141 mg/L
By OpenStats · Built from official Canadian sources
Direct municipal dataB
Water quality grade
Good
Graded against Health Canada drinking water guidelines
Lead within guidelinepH in range
Hardness vs provincial average141 mg/L · prov. avg 178 mg/L
Lead vs provincial average0.1 μg/L · prov. avg 0.5 μg/L
Hardness
141 mg/L
Lead
0.1 μg/L
≤ 5 μg/L
pH
7.61
6.5–8.5 range
Hardness
141 mg/L
Hard
Lead
0.1 μg/L
Max: 5 μg/L
pH
7.6
6.5–8.5
Chlorine
0.6 mg/L
Max: 4 mg/L
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Reading this page
Prince Albert water hardness is 141 mg/L with pH 7.6.
How to use this page: read the headline metric and provincial comparison first, then supply and treatment notes, then the source footer for the underlying dataset.
Watershed to tap
Supply and treatment
How Prince Albert draws, treats, and distributes drinking water, from municipal and utility publications. Chemistry grades above come from separate parameter records; this section does not invent plant lab figures.
Source type
Surface water
Research confidence: high
Source waters
- North Saskatchewan River
Treatment plants
Prince Albert Water Treatment Plant
Plant at 655 River Street West with new 2022 raw-water pumphouse on the North Saskatchewan River. Clarification, dual-media filtration, UV, chlorine, pH adjustment, and fluoridation. Plant capacity about 33 ML/d.
Distribution
River Street reservoirs and pump house feed Zone 1; fill mains supply 2nd Avenue and Marquis Road reservoirs for Zone 2 south of the river flats.
Health parameters meet Health Canada limits; turbidity above the 1 NTU typical target.
Health parameters meet Health Canada limits; turbidity exceeds the typical 1 NTU aesthetic target.
Figure 1 · Supply chain
From watershed to tap
Compared to provincial average
Saskatchewan · 16 cities in sample
Hardness (city vs Saskatchewan avg)141 mg/L
pH (city vs Saskatchewan avg)7.61
Lead (city vs Saskatchewan avg)0.1 μg/L
Fluoride (city vs Saskatchewan avg)0.6 mg/L
Provincial average: hardness 178 mg/L · pH 7.4 · lead 0.5 μg/L · fluoride 0.6 mg/L
Full parameters
| Parameter | Reading | Health Canada guideline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 141 mg/L | No health limit (aesthetic) | Compliant |
| pH | 7.6 | 6.5–8.5 | Compliant |
| Lead | 0.1 μg/L | ≤ 5 μg/L | Compliant |
| Fluoride | 0.6 mg/L | ≤ 1.5 mg/L | Compliant |
| Chlorine (free) | 0.6 mg/L | ≤ 4 mg/L | Compliant |
| Turbidity | 2.6 NTU | ≤ 1 NTU (typical target) | Exceeds guideline |
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Source · City of Prince Albert 2025 drinking water quality and compliance report. Last updated 2026-10-07. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.